WorksheetsForms of Government
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 17mins
When there are no leaders or government of any kind, what is that called?
Autocracy
Anarchy
Oligarchy
Democracy
What is it called when one person is in charge of the government?
(a)
What are the two forms of Autocracy?
Oligarchy and Dictatorship
Monarchy and Democracy
Direct and Representative
Monarchy and Dictatorship
What is a Dictatorship?
When one person has absolute control over all citizen's lives.
When a king or queen is in charge.
When everyone holds political power.
When people elect a representative into government.
When a king or queen is in charge of the government, what form of government is being practiced?
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Dictatorship
Anarchy
How does a King/Queen get their power?
By being elected by the people.
Through their bloodline or royal lineage.
By rising up and seizing all the power for themselves.
By forming a small group of people to be in charge with them.
Which selection listed below describes Peru under President Alberto Fujimori after he suspended the Constitution and seized complete political power for himself?
A Monarchy
A Representative Democracy
A Dictatorship
An Oligarchy
What is it called when only a small group of people are in charge of the government?
An Autocracy
Anarchy
A Democracy
An Oligarchy
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, many would argue that Russia has been ruled by an oligarchy, characterized by power being held by which of the following?
A President
A Dictator
A small group of wealthy people
A single monarch
What is the form of government when all people hold some sort of political power?
Democracy
Autocracy
Communism
Monarchy
What are the two types of Democracy?
Monarchy and Autocracy
Direct and Representative
Representative and Oligarchy
Direct and Recent
A town hall meeting is taking place and everyone in the town is welcome to go. 136 people show up to the meeting. The town is voting on whether there needs to be a crosswalk put in place to cross from the school to the library. Each person gets to cast their vote into during the meeting. What form of government is being practiced here?
Representative Democracy
Oligarchy
Direct Democracy
Anarchy
When a government's ultimate authority is God or some kind of divine being, this is known as...
A Monarchy
An Anarchy
Socialism
A Theocracy
(a) is when nobody owns private property and the idea is that everyone will share everything equally.
(a) is when the government puts socialist theories into practice. The government controls all economics, forms of production, resources, etc... and tell each person what they will earn for their work.
Karl Marx, a famous philosopher, had an idea that a society where there were no classes of rich and poor and everyone owned equal amounts of everything, was the best way to run a government. What form of government did Karl Marx like most?
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Socialism
Anarchy
From 1948-1994, official policy in South
Africa gave white people all the political
power. Even though the majority of South
Africans were black, non-whites could not
influence government. White South
Africans elected representatives to sit in a
lawmaking body. What forms of government did South Africa have?
Oligarchy and Monarchy
Oligarchy and Representative Democracy
Representative Democracy and Direct Democracy
Socialism and Communism
During the Russian Revolution, the leader of Russia had the government control all means of production. The government told people where to work, what they would be doing, and how much money, food, supplies, etc. they would receive for this work. The amount a person received was based on whatever the government felt they needed. What form of government was being practiced?
Democracy
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Communism
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